Plato was one of the greatest philosophers of Western culture.
He recorded the philosophy of Socrates and established
the Academy at Athens. In his philosophical writings he moved
from the Socratic manner of concep-tualization to the
theory of ideas.

Plato was born in Athens. As a young man he came under the influence
of Socrates and devoted himself to philosophy. The execution of his
teacher Socrates embittered Plato and he left Athens to travel and study in
Italy, Sicily and probably N'Africa.

Plato spent some time educating
Dionysus II in Sicily, but the project failed and Plato returned to Athens where
he opened a school called
'The Academy' which became the first university
in Europe.

Plato expressed his philosophic thinking in many written
dialogues which rank among the greatest literary and philosophic
masterpieces of all times.
See connection story:From Dionysus to Aristotle